Return from dead to punish theft of bone from grave

Motif

Return from dead to punish theft of bone from grave.

The dead. · Ghosts and other revenants. · Malevolent return from the dead. · Return from dead to inflict punishment. · view the constellation · filed as E235.4.3

Filed across the traditions

Breton Sébillot Incidents s. v. "os".
general *Type 366
general Fb "menneskeben" II 579a
general Köhler-Bolte I 133
general England, U.S.: Baughman

Within the index

Filed under Return from dead to punish theft of part of corpse. (Cf. E419.7.)

Filed beside it

Return from dead to punish theft of golden arm from grave Return from dead to punish theft of leg from grave Return from dead to punish theft of liver from man on gallows Return from dead to punish theft of skull Return from dead to punish theft of teeth

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